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A deliberate practice app for guitar players who want to level up

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456 points adityaathalye | 1 comments | 29 Mar 25 03:27 UTC | HN request time: 0.232s | source
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6Az4Mj4D ◴[01 Apr 25 02:46 UTC] No.43542309[source]▶
What is the best way to learn Guitar as a total noob? Can this app help
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dboreham ◴[01 Apr 25 04:19 UTC] No.43542807[source]▶
YouTube.
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j4coh ◴[01 Apr 25 05:59 UTC] No.43543316[source]▶
I’m not sure why, but so many guitarists I’ve met who learned from YouTube are bad. I’m not sure why, maybe they are replacing watching with practice? No custom feedback from real musicians who hear you play? YouTubers are motivated to overcomplicate things so you keep watching more videos? I’m not sure.

It may also be the context, I play original, improvisational music with people/in front of an audience and YouTube may be particularly bad at preparing people for this.

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andelink ◴[01 Apr 25 06:48 UTC] No.43543593[source]▶
Is anything really, _truly_ learnable from YouTube? It's the ultimate "feel productive" placebo out there.

I'm ready to be downvoted.

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1. marliechiller ◴[01 Apr 25 08:45 UTC] No.43544335[source]▶
How do you mean? How does youtubing a lecture differ from sitting in the lecture hall itself for example? I'd argue both arent great learning experiences, but lectures seem to be viable enough to make up the bulk of contact time at university